Barcelona ready to bid for David Luiz
According to Portuguese newspaper Diario de Noticias, Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola would be ready to strenghten Barcelona’s back line by bidding for Benfica defender David Luiz (23). Luiz is reportedly one of Guardiola’s prime targets, and Barcelona would be ready to make a 30 million euro bid for the promising Brazilian. However, as Barcelona is struggling financially, the more likely option would reportedly be a player-plus-cash deal to reduce the initial transfer fee.
Diario de Noticias comments that Barcelona’s centre back options are limited. Dmytro Chygrynskiy was sold back to Shakhtar Donetsk after just one season, while Rafael Marquez joined New York Red Bulls. During this season, French international Eric Abidal has been playing in the centre back position, until Barcelona captain Carles Puyol regains full form after an injury.
Guardiola is reportedly aware of the fact that he does not have sufficient cover for defensive positions, and the services of David Luiz would be more than welcome. However, several other European top clubs are also interested in the Benfica defender, including Chelsea, AC Milan and Real Madrid.
Why oh why did we not buy a defender during the transfer season?
Because we don't need it. Milito, Puyol and Pique are world class, and Abidal and Fontas can slug it out for the 4th spot.
Yes and thats why Abidal plays CB when a perfectly great CB is sitting on the bench!
ok buy this guy for 30m and sell him 15m a year after… nice
Cuz guardiola is hard headed … now we will all pay for that !!!
I hate this guy for this !
Rossel sold Chygy, without Pep's aproval !
Chygy sucked big time, it is a miracle that Rosell managed to get 15m for that flop, his value was similar to Hleb after his stay with us, and we still havent been able to sell the Belarussian flop (we even pay 25% of his wage and probably will until his contract runs out!)
mmm you are a real specialist and can say that after 1 season. mmm maybe you must ask if you can replace Pep at Barça …
He was dreadful! Worse than even Caceres and Hleb! So why you say we should risk our entire season by counting on massive flops that simply is not up to the standard? Please don't talk bout Henry, he was a crack signing, and thats the only reason he got a 2nd year before his final 3rd flop year.
actually rosell talked to pep before he sold him. they came to the conclusion and that selling players would help the financial situation. pep didn't want chiggy leave but he had no choice.
wow. HATE is a strong word, no matter how you THINK the coach, players or anyone from barca messed up.
if you're a fan, the be a fan through and through. negative stuff from people who think they know better than the coach or can play better then the players really won't help much.
Don't go thinkin' i litterally hate Pep, by hate i mean i don't agree with a lot of his choices and i personnally think he's hard headed and stubborn …
And who are you to judge me being a true fan or not… We may sit around a table and discuss and i can make you agree with my ideas !
Don't judge too quickly.
Peace
He would suit barca style. Fast defender with great defensive attributes. He is able to break down contras, which is barca's prime threat. Player-plus-cash deal would be good, however I think that barca wouldn't pay €30m.
E:Actually I think that the deal will depend on, how injury prone Puyol will be the first half of the season.
I Don't think we can afford to lose any more players!
I mean players like caceres and henrique.
a good player,but he will cost a fortune and I would rather go for a striker for the big man role
Although he would be a great addition to our squad, I highly doubt it will happen . A player like David Luiz needs playing time in order to grow and when he reaches his prime he will not accept the bench for anyone. Our backline already has 3 people for the future which are pique,fontas, and muniesa as they are all 18-24 years old and Alves will give us at least another 6 years before he slows down abit. This means that when puyol/abidal retire, If they are ready, I see the back four to be
muniesa-pique-fontas-dani alves (I put muniesa as a lb because I heard he is good playing there and this way he would start along with fontas instead of competing with him for the last CB spot. If David Luiz comes, then someone's growth will be hindered…
fontas will not be barca material
but muniesa will
our future backline will be
some left back—muniesa—pique—dani alves
not all of our players should be from la masia
muniesa is better at lb to me.
Muniesa – Fontas – Pique – Montayo
Muniesa is too good a CB to waste at LB. He has the talent to become one of the best CBs in the world. ATM, Planas is just as good, if not better, than Muniesa at LB.
yeah I know, but I was going for what was most Ideal you know?
@yeah! while La Masia might not be able to supply us a great player in every position, it is currently stocked with massive amounts of talent in the defensive department.
Muniesa is Cb for sure,he impressed everyone 2 seasons ago but after those injures he looked shaky at his central position,I havent watched him a lot at the LB position but I think his long term future will be there,as for Fontas,he looks a great prospect ,I can see him making it here
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why not play Milito in the middle with pique so abidal can play out wide? i dont see the nececarity to play abi as a central defender when we have milito…
anyway.. david luiz would probably be an good asset, but didnt the transfer window close some 13 days ago?
It's meant for january transfer window, but will he be cup tied by then?
yes cause he will play for benfica in the group stage. i guess before cl matches pep will use him in the league match to rest players.
he surely will be bcoz he is playing mid week for Benefica in CL..
Rumour.
He has the hair…
30 mil is way too much and what players do we have that benfica want that we don't want to keep.
SWEEEEEEET! This dude is my second favorite CB behind Pique! This would be a sweet pick up. The dude has talent and plenty of time to adapt to Barca's style. Puyol, Abidal, and Milito have a few more years left in their legs and when they retire, Luiz will have had plenty of experience and would be a perfect pairing with Pique.
Though, I don't see an incredible need to run out and buy him. We have talent coming through the ranks of Barca B, and Pep has yet to use Milito (which I thought wouldve been a better choice than Abidal against Hercules). Either way we need to fill the holes that we currently have in our defense. It wouldve been ugly if both Puyol AND Pique were out and we were left with a lesser experienced/seasoned defense. Milito would be a hell of a sub, but if for some reason both Pique and Puyol go out we need someone who has compadibility with him to secure the rest of the squad.
Guardiola should've started Fontas instead of Abidal agnst Hercules.. he should stop using Abidal there n use Puyol/Milito or any of the youth player rather than using Abidal.. his positioning sense is awful… and he is not at an age where he can learn…
First off, he's not going to cost 30m… He will nto be cup-tied if Benfica get knocked out of CL in the group stages(very high probablity there because they lost 2 of their best players in di Maria & Ramires and kind of sucking lately)
di Maria arguably their most prized asset cost Madrid only 25m… the rumors were around 45m if I remember right. Also the attackers are usually more costly than the defenders. I guess he'd be easily captured for around 20m
it doesn't matter if its group stage or knock out.. playing in qualification will make a player cup tied…. like chiggy last year…
no no… the rulebook is revisited and the UEFA has relaxed it's rules. That's why all the talk about Tottenham bidding for Fabiano even after he appeared for qualifiers. That should ring a bell.
"The executive committee has agreed that a player who appears for a club in any of the preliminary rounds of the Champions League or Europa League can play for another team in the competition proper, so long as his original team is eliminated in the preliminary competition."
But remains to be seen whether the rule applies for Group stages though… I think it does. Because no point in applying it for qualifications but not group stages
Niiiceeee. Very good indeed. This kid is a very skilled CB. Buy him yes.
Buy Ganso (brazilian) or João Mountinho (portuguese). They both would suit Barcelona style very well. Forget Cesc. Give him 3 months and you will see him sign a contract extension with Arsenal. He knows that if he comes to Barça he will be benched, just like the Spain National Team, because I REALLY doubt that Pep would bench Xavi or Busquets or Iniesta or now Mascherano over him. Risking having no defense cover to play Cesc. We need experienced and skilled players. The Cantera players are not yet prepared to face the big time professional players as opposition. Just imagine the Cantera defenders against a Drogba, Rooney, Ibra, Chamak or any highly skilled striker. It would be a goal feast. I'm sorry, but its the truth. Puyol is getting old and tired, and Piqué as good as he is, sometimes he makes horrendous mistakes. So yes, we need EXPERIENCED defenders and experienced players to balance the squad with sometimes playing the Cantera youngsters. The game with Hercules showed that. Bojan missed goals with an empty net. Ibra or even Villa wouldn't. But Ibra was sold and Villa (for my despair) was playing wide at the left. Nor Bojan or Jeffren are ready. Pedro, has a lot of LUCK. Would you say that he is better than Robinho? But he scored in almost every game Barça played.
Anyway, as a culé, this is my opinion. Somehow, I get that this forums and discussions don't even matter. It's just for us pseudo tacticians and managers to do anything with our lives.
Barça forever.
that was a long post :p
This guy is good but I hope, just hope that Pep sticks with Fontas cause I am sure we have another Pique in the making (minus the blood!!)
Luis can also play left back also no??? Buy him so he can play left back til Puyol retires
yes he can
Where is FCB??? He must be in heaven right now…
I still belive we're fine the way we are… After 2 to 3 weeks, when everything will be back to normal we'll be fine!
In 2, 3 weeks, when all the world cup winners will be 100 percent!
LOL
FCB must be very happy this week, Barca lost + this rubbish rumour
Yes lets waste more money on a player thats unproved in la liga. There are good defenders to be had in Spain itself. He'll for30mil I'm sure If I was in charge of defensive acquisitions I could buy FCB 2 or 3 defenders. You can get the pair of defenders for the U-21 of Spain one of which I might add, is already ours just gotta trigger the buy back, Alberto Botia. Or espanyols Victor Ruiz, Sevilla's Federio Fazio, Malaga's Ivan Gonzales, Bilbao's Mikel San Jose. I'm sure you can probably get 3 of them for 30 if not less. If name/fame must be taken into account them for 30mil I'd say, Chiellini he's the best juve player because he's the only consistent player they have,and a very good defender, voted the best in serie A. However, another option is you could just let fontas take a place but clearly there must be some trust issues.
I am a HUGE fan of Giorgio Chiellini.
Just bring back Henrique if we need someone here and there.
This new barcelona president doesnt make sense.
He says were are bad financially and now wants to buy this dude for 30 million,and he sold chiggy for 15 million..
Its a rumour. lol @ how naive you must be to believe a rumour.
I know.
But just saying,if this was more then just a rumour..
Fontas, call him up
Id rather get Botia back, or promote Fontas than buy another defender for 20/30 million….another Chychrinskiy, no thanks. I hope Pep has seen that Abidal is no CB. He's better at LB.
Playing with 2 attacking wing backs is not good for the balance of the team, we will get 2 many counters against us. Abidal is perfect as LB, better than Maxwell.
VV
Alves-Pique-Puyol-Abidal
Xavi-Sergio-Iniesta
Pedro-Messi-Villa
Maybe switch Messi to the right, and put Bojan in…the kid needs to play as CF or LW, not RW.
i cant understand people on this site no one is good enough to play for barca what the hell is wrong with you all..
Id rather we go for someone like Llorente or else a player that can shot from long distance as by the looks of things teams are going follow the inter tactic to sit deep and crowd the box. Someone that is a threat from long distance may drag the oppositions centre midfielders towards them, which would bring them out of position allowing spaces around the box for Messi to do his magic. Or else sign Llorente so we can just lump some balls in the air to him!!!!!!!
That's too much, anyway a better CB for Barca is Vidic(but he is a bit older) or Alexandre Song, Neven Subotic.
Subotic of Chiellini. Both can be had for less than 30mil. Vidic is good but I'd rather have younger guys with his experience. Chiellini is the option.
His is Good & could be the great cb next 2 pique,
but we have no need for him really we should give Fontas or Muniesa a chance 2 prove themselves.
I have said it once Abidal is no cb he proved it on Sat.
& yes as someone said having two attacking backs is no good team loses shape & we get holes.
still think masch was wrong buy really he proved it got a yellow card inside 10mins or maybe a bit more.
Team is perfect just think we need a target man with balls skills & 1st touch not ibra no 1st touch great skill tho.
Who in Barca is Tall & plays CF Role?
think Bojan can play lw being pedro cover & Villa must play CF it is his best position. Yes he scored goals in wc from lw but club football is different internationals. IMO
teams get tactics better as they play longer together.
later 2day will be interesting.
Visca Barca
Masch took it for the team and the ref was harsh to give a yellow for that.. he could've just warned him.. his debut was a good game for him.. his passing array was more than decent and we need a midfield breaker like him..
ive watched abidal play in the center for barca and for france and i have to day that he isnt very bad at all. he has great defensive capabilities and is the most mobile of out defenders that can play centrally. i dont think pep would play him in the center twice in a row if he were so bad as a CB
and about barca playing with 2 attacking wing backs…i feel that its crucial to add balance to the team…messi alves on the right starts soo much of our attacks that it is very predictable. maxwell/adriano and villa/pedro provide a similar attack as the right side. also becuause barca doesnt use typical wingers the wing backs are those that provide width in barcas system. because we now are able to employ 2 attacking wingbacks more balance is added to the squad.
in defensive terms…when in possesion barca spreads its center backs out wide and the plays in between them most notably when bringing the ball out of possesion…the wingback are close to the half line. this happens regardless of whether abidal or any of the others are playin at left back
after all that being said…we NEED to have 2 attacking wingbacks on the field at once…hence the purchase of adriano
Watched Pastore yesterday for Palermo and he was sensational once again only wish we could sign him. If David Luis costs anywhere near 30mil then no thanks, but if he is about 18-20mil we can always try and add Henrique to the deal and get it down to about 15mil then great!
30 MILLION?!
ha, haha
damn
no thanks!
yes no1 not saying abidal ,puyol and milito aging. and we can also try fontas and we have gomez muniesa botia and no one saying batra
Yeah, lets buy another cup tied unproven defender for ridiculous money
Squad is OK.
lol ,when barca lose a simple game then all media report that barca is gonna buy …
we urgently need great defender and David or Subotic are great defenders and we need to buy one of them as soon as possible..